Author: Nick Garcia

Bye-Bye Muffin Top When most people think “abs,” they think the muffin top that blooms over the top of too-tight pants. But abdominals, a set collectively known as the core, includes the many interconnected muscles that run up the back and stretch down to the butt and the front and inner thighs, says Michele Olson, … Continue reading “24 Fat-Burning Ab Exercises (No Crunches!)”

Sciatica is a very common problem. You’ve most likely experienced it yourself or you know someone who has. Sciatic pain originates anywhere in the sciatic nerve, which runs from your hip to your toes. When the condition flares up, it manifests with different symptoms related to movement and sensation, and leaves the sufferer in a … Continue reading “The Best Yoga Poses to Soothe Sciatic Nerve Pain”

You stand up. Your knee cracks. You walk downstairs. Your knee pops. What’s up with all that noise?” Often it’s just the fluid that coats your joints being pushed through certain ranges of motion—and is totally benign,” explains Benjamin Butts, director of rehabilitation services and performance therapy at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in … Continue reading “6 Exercises To Help Make Your Knees Stop Cracking And Popping”

Amazing arms exercises by Amy O’Connor How is getting a stronger, sleeker upper body like math? It’s something otherwise smart women think they just can’t accomplish. Or they use the excuse of getting too “bulked up.” The moves here definitely won’t turn you into the Incredible Hulk, but they will get your arms longer, leaner, … Continue reading “11 Best Exercises to Get Strong, Toned Arms”

If you’ve ever tried to lose fat (and who hasn’t) you KNOW how frustrating and/or difficult it can be. As a health and nutrition professional, every year it gets harder to keep track of all of the diets, products, and supplements all promising fat loss and weight loss results. Eventually, I stopped keeping track, because … Continue reading “12 (Healthy) Fat Loss Tips for Women”

These coconut chicken bites are a regular snack and sometimes at our busy house of 2 toddlers and 2 busy parents! My little girls love them with ketchup and even mustard (I know, I know). I make a big batch in the weekends and my wife packs them for the girls lunch a couple days … Continue reading “Coconut Chicken Bites”